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Jessica is a Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Planning and a practice-focused academic with research
interests in spatial planning, economic development and social
sustainability. Her primary area of
current research activity explores the relationship between planning,
development and the ability of diverse and lower-value economic activities to
thrive in cities. Her PhD evaluated recent affordable workspace
policies in London, and she continues to advise in this area. Jessica is actively
involved in planning in London, she is a
member of Just Space Economy and Planning, the London Planning and Development
Forum and the Greater London Authority’s Industrial and Logistics
Sounding Board. Prior to academia, she worked for 10 years in planning practice
in both the public and private sectors - as an Associate for the planning and
regeneration consultancy, Urban Practitioners, and for the London Borough of
Enfield, where she was responsible for the Council’s Area Action
Plans. Jessica is an RTPI accredited town planner and holds a Ph.D. in Planning Studies from UCL, Masters Degrees in Town Planning (University of Westminster) and Contemporary Urban Studies (Goldsmiths College) and a Bachelors degree from the University of Oxford.

Research Summary

Jessica's research is currently in the three following areas:

accommodating industry and diverse low value economic activities in high-value cities, with particular focus on London, looking at the impact of the ongoing loss of industrial land as a result of planning policy and development pressure;

the value of diverse economic activities and how to research local economies; and

the impact of planning deregulation on local economies, communities and sustainability.